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Jin⋅nah

[jin-uh]
–noun
Mohammed Ali (“Quaid-i-Azam”), 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.
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Jin·nah   (jĭn'ə)   
Founder and first governor-general (1947-1948) of Pakistan. When India's independence from Britain was imminent, he feared the Muslim minority would be oppressed by the Hindus and insisted on a Muslim homeland, founded in 1947 as Pakistan.
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